Scaeva dignota (Rondani, 1857)

Identification

Identification difficulty = 4. according to Ball & Morris, 2024¹

Biology

The larvae are aphidophagous and are reported from fruit trees and from elder. Adults are reported from a variety of scrubby environments and from urban areas, and are known to visit yellow composites.

Flight period

The following plots show the number of unique records per week excluding those reported to be of immature stages.

Status

Probably a vagrant to the British Isles.

Distribution

It is currently only known from a single specimen from the Isle of Wight.